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package org.apache.commons.math3.analysis.solvers;

import org.apache.commons.math3.analysis.DifferentiableUnivariateFunction;
import org.apache.commons.math3.util.FastMath;
import org.apache.commons.math3.exception.TooManyEvaluationsException;

/**
 * Implements 
 * Newton's Method for finding zeros of real univariate functions.
 * 
 * The function should be continuous but not necessarily smooth.
 *
 * @deprecated as of 3.1, replaced by {@link NewtonRaphsonSolver}
 * @version $Id: NewtonSolver.java 1395937 2012-10-09 10:04:36Z luc $
 */
@Deprecated
public class NewtonSolver extends AbstractDifferentiableUnivariateSolver {
    /** Default absolute accuracy. */
    private static final double DEFAULT_ABSOLUTE_ACCURACY = 1e-6;

    /**
     * Construct a solver.
     */
    public NewtonSolver() {
        this(DEFAULT_ABSOLUTE_ACCURACY);
    }
    /**
     * Construct a solver.
     *
     * @param absoluteAccuracy Absolute accuracy.
     */
    public NewtonSolver(double absoluteAccuracy) {
        super(absoluteAccuracy);
    }

    /**
     * Find a zero near the midpoint of {@code min} and {@code max}.
     *
     * @param f Function to solve.
     * @param min Lower bound for the interval.
     * @param max Upper bound for the interval.
     * @param maxEval Maximum number of evaluations.
     * @return the value where the function is zero.
     * @throws org.apache.commons.math3.exception.TooManyEvaluationsException
     * if the maximum evaluation count is exceeded.
     * @throws org.apache.commons.math3.exception.NumberIsTooLargeException
     * if {@code min >= max}.
     */
    @Override
    public double solve(int maxEval, final DifferentiableUnivariateFunction f,
                        final double min, final double max)
        throws TooManyEvaluationsException {
        return super.solve(maxEval, f, UnivariateSolverUtils.midpoint(min, max));
    }

    /**
     * {@inheritDoc}
     */
    @Override
    protected double doSolve()
        throws TooManyEvaluationsException {
        final double startValue = getStartValue();
        final double absoluteAccuracy = getAbsoluteAccuracy();

        double x0 = startValue;
        double x1;
        while (true) {
            x1 = x0 - (computeObjectiveValue(x0) / computeDerivativeObjectiveValue(x0));
            if (FastMath.abs(x1 - x0) <= absoluteAccuracy) {
                return x1;
            }

            x0 = x1;
        }
    }
}